Published
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009].
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (427 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Special features: Disc 1. Commentary by director Stanley Donen ; Donen movie musicals trailer gallery ; Ann Miller hosts Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too darn hot ; vintage FitzPatrick TravelTalks short Mighty Manhattan, New York's wonder city ; music-only audio track; theatrical trailer. Disc 2. Theatrical trailers ; introduction by Susan Lucci ; 4 outtake musical numbers, one with Betty Hutton and the other 3 with originally cast players Judy Garland, Frank Morgan and Geraldine Wall ; audio recording session track for There's no business like show business.
Creation/Production Credits
Show boat: directed by George Sidney -- Annie get your gun: directed by George Sidney -- Seven brides for seven brothers: directed by Stanley Donen -- Kiss me Kate: directed by George Sidney ; music and lyrics, Cole Porter.
Participants/Performers
Show boat: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel -- Annie get your gun: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Keenan Wynn -- Seven brides for seven brothers: Jane Powell, Howard Keel -- Kiss me Kate: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn.
Description
Show boat (1951, 108 min.): When Julie La Verne and her husband Steve Baker are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom, they are replaced by the Captain's daughter, Magnolia, and Gaylord Ravenal, a notorious gambler. Magnolia and Ravenal fall in love, marry, leave the boat and move to Chicago. They live off Ravenal's earnings from gambling. After they go broke, Gaylord feels guilty and leaves Magnolia, not knowing she is pregnant. Annie get your gun (1950, 107 min.): Annie Oakley is an incredible shot who meets Frank Butler. Frank is the star sharpshoot in Colonel Buffalo Bill's show. He finds himself falling for Annie, but feels that she is not marriage material. In the end, they both discover that love is wonderful. Seven brides for seven brothers (1954, 102 min.): Adam is the eldest of seven brothers who goes to town to get a wife. He convinces Milly to marry him that same day. They return to his backwoods home where she discover he has six brothers - all living in his cabin. Milly sets out to reform the uncouth siblings, who are anxious to get wives of their own. Adam reads about the Roman capture of the Sabine women and develops an inspired solution to his brothers' loneliness. Kiss me Kate (1953, 110 min.): Fred is a director and Lilly is an actress who are divorced. They are brought back together by Cole Porter who has written a musical version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play. A fight on the opening night threatens the production, not to mention the two thugs who have the mistaken idea that Fred owes their boss money and insist on staying next to him all night.
Target Audience
Not rated, except for Seven brides for seven brothers, which is rated G.
System Details
DVD. Standard version, except for Seven brides for seven brothers which is widescreen.
Language
Show boat: English or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned -- Annie get your gun: English or dubbed French dialogue, English or French subtitles ; closed-captioned -- Seven brides for seven brothers: English or dubbed French dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned -- Kiss me Kate: English dialogue, English, French or Spanish dialogue ; closed-captioned.